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Mawson of the Antarctic; The Life of Sir Douglas Mawson F.R.S. O.B.E [Foreword by H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh]
London: Longmans, Green and Co., Ltd., 1964. Fine in Near Fine dust-jacket First Edition. [8.75x6in]; 240 pp., frontispiece image of 1933 portrait of Mawson, 40 images, 2 maps, appendices and index; Gray cloth covers with silver lettering on spine, all edges trimmed; Gray toned pictorial dust jacket with white and red lettering on front and spine; Minimal shelf wear to dust jacket edges, prior owner name in ink on front end paper. [Rosove 220.A1; Spence 781]. Item #11352
From Rosove, "a biography of Sir Douglas by his wife, Lady Paquita, based on published and unpublished writings and personal recollections. Containing material concerning Mawson's relationship with T. W. Edgeworth David and Robert F. Scott, preparations for his 1911-14 expedition, and letters from Mawson to his wile written during the course of the expedition."
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